Social critics at the time bemoaned the loss of specialization and expertise they felt the button presaged. Representative of this late 19th-century moral panic was the new Kodak push-button ...

Amid its widening recall crisis, Toyota Motor Corp. said it had moved closer to adopting changes to its push-button ignition system to give drivers an added margin of safety if their vehicles ...

By ensuring that the ignition doesn't start until it receives a signal from its paired key fob, a keyless ignition system bars entry from car burglars. Push-button start fobs reduce the chances of ...

When the drivers press the button in certain zones ... F1’s Manual Override Mode and IndyCar’s push-to-pass are similar — to an extent. IndyCar’s system was introduced in 2009, and ...

Even then, 50 years before the political anxieties generated by the push-button warfare of the Cold War era, pushing buttons came to symbolize a fear of long-distance, instantaneous warfare.

But what would happen if you accidentally bumped the push-button starter or experienced a mechanical failure while driving? Consumer Reports’ automotive experts explore if it’s possible to ...